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16.1 Option 1: Be quantified or quantifiable, which can be aggregated, and which are transparent, comparable
and/or verifiable;
Option 2: Be quantified or quantifiable and which shall consider a fair and equitable distribution of the global
emission budget according to a compound index of countries’ participation in such a budget, and which are
transparent, comparable and/or verifiable;
Option 3: Be quantified, which can be aggregated, and which are comparable, measurable, reportable and
verifiable for developed country Parties, with the type, scope, scale and coverage more ambitious than those
undertaken under the Convention and its Kyoto Protocol during the pre-2020 period.
Be quantified, quantifiable or qualified in a measurable, reportable and verifiable manner for developing
country Parties, based on their nationally appropriate mitigation actions (NAMAs) under the Bali Action
Plan;
16.2 Be accompanied by information aimed at enhancing the clarity, transparency and understanding of these
commitments / contributions / actions;
16.3 Option 1: Include an indicative long-term trajectory consistent with paragraph 13 above;
With developed country Parties to take the lead and make an adequate and equitable contribution to achieve
the ultimate objective of the Convention as set out in its Article 2. Developing country Parties may need
flexibility in indicating such long-term trajectories;
Option 2: For developed country Parties to include an indicative long-term trajectory;
For developing country Parties to be encouraged to develop a long-term green and low-carbon development
strategy, plan or programme, as appropriate;
16.4 Option 1: Be based on national circumstances and capacities;
Option 2: Be based on the following:
a. Common but differentiated responsibilities and respective capabilities, equity and national circumstances and
capacities;
b. Parties to include one of the following options, in accordance with their common but differentiated
responsibilities, national circumstances, development levels and capabilities, while recognizing that the
emissions of developing countries will grow to meet their social and development needs: (i) a quantified,
economy-wide, absolute emission limitation or reduction target in relation to a baseline year; (ii) a quantified,
economy-wide emission limitation or reduction target relative to a projection of its emissions (iii) a quantified,
economy-wide emission limitation or reduction target relative to unit of GDP in relation to a previous year; (iv)
a quantified, economy-wide emission limitation and reduction target per capita; (v) non-economy-wide actions:
Developed country Parties to take the lead in accordance with Article 3, paragraph 1, and Article 4, paragraph 2,
of the Convention through quantified economy-wide, absolute emission reduction targets / commitments;
Developing country Parties, which have been provided with means of implementation, to prepare, communicate
and implement a diversity of enhanced net mitigation commitments / contributions / actions in accordance with
Article 3, paragraph 1, of the Convention and in the context of sustainable development, ranging from economy-
wide absolute limits on emissions, relative emission reductions, intensity targets, nationally appropriate
mitigation actions, low-emission development plans and strategies, sectoral mitigation plans and strategies /
taking into consideration paragraph X above;
Developing country Parties to take a diversity of nationally determined actions in accordance with their specific
needs and special circumstances as stated in Article 3, paragraph 2, of the Convention, including net avoided
emissions, or also manifested as adaptation co-benefits, where appropriate;
Developing country Parties to prepare their actions in accordance with Article 3, paragraph 1, of the Convention
and their circumstances and capacities, through nationally appropriate mitigation actions, subject to the provision
of means of implementation and in accordance with Article 4, paragraph 7, of the Convention;
Major economies to take on quantified economy-wide emission reduction targets / commitments;
Parties not included in Annex I to the Convention (non-Annex I Parties) that are in a position to do so to take on
quantified economy-wide emission reduction targets / commitments;
All Parties to take on quantified economy-wide emission reduction targets / commitments at some point in the
future in accordance with their national circumstances, development levels and capabilities;